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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron 10 (VT-10)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Intrepid

    Action Date:

    March 19, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Willard J. Miller (NSN: 0-299386), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Division Leader and Pilot in Torpedo Squadron TEN (VT-10), embarked in U.S.S. INTREPID, over Honshu, Japan, on 19 March 1945.